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fbi agents on the ground. it's a complex period. you have a hostile political part of the fbi and a relatively friendly, crimefighting part of the fbi coexisting at a time when the movement is under constant danger, the various scattered movement throughout the south. c-span: "parting the waters," your first book was published in what your? >> guest: at the end of 1988. c-span: was the per code that you discussed? >> guest: 54 to 63. the year the brown decision, the year the supreme court unanimously said in effect their racial segregation and subornation is in conflict with the american constitution, kind of reading the challenge of the civil war period about slavery being in conflict with promise of equal citizenship. though that's 54, i'm going to 68 when that movement, built on that premise, largely dissolved. and it's the same year dr. king was killed. c-span: i have a better copy of "parting the waters." this is a paperback version. you won a pulitzer prize for this. how many hardback copies did you sell
fbi agents on the ground. it's a complex period. you have a hostile political part of the fbi and a relatively friendly, crimefighting part of the fbi coexisting at a time when the movement is under constant danger, the various scattered movement throughout the south. c-span: "parting the waters," your first book was published in what your? >> guest: at the end of 1988. c-span: was the per code that you discussed? >> guest: 54 to 63. the year the brown decision, the year...
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but one of the jobs that johnson had the fbi doing was keeping track of bobby kennedy. now, against that, from november november 22nd, '63, through the passage of the civil rights law, the '64 civil rights law, there was amazing cooperation between these two men that -- who detested each other. amazing cooperation. it was bobby kennedy who first suggested that the fbi be sent in to mississippi to carry on the counterintelligence activities with which it had harassed the communist party. it was bobby kennedy who called the president and said, we need to protect king, when he was going on on a especially dangerous trip to mississippi. that was sort of an amusing conversation-but here you have the understated new englander, who -- mr. president, i really think we should have some fbi people with king when he makes this trip. it would be very inconvenient if he were to die and we would have another body to investigate. and he wasn't saying that in a mean sort of way. he was saying it with his dry wit. so they brought the plan together, the cooperated fully to pass the '64 c
but one of the jobs that johnson had the fbi doing was keeping track of bobby kennedy. now, against that, from november november 22nd, '63, through the passage of the civil rights law, the '64 civil rights law, there was amazing cooperation between these two men that -- who detested each other. amazing cooperation. it was bobby kennedy who first suggested that the fbi be sent in to mississippi to carry on the counterintelligence activities with which it had harassed the communist party. it was...
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the fbi -- there was nothing in "the washington post" that the fbi didn't know. sometimes days, weeks, months before it appeared in the post. >> how premeditated do you believe mr. felt was in regards to his leaking? >> completely premeditated. and, in fact, one of the things i discover is that he leaked to a "time" magazine reporter more than he ever leaked to woodward. woodward, you have to remember, was a cub reporter, almost wet behind the ears. felt didn't know whether he could trust him, and, n., as it turned out he couldn't trust him because woodward betrayed the big secret of felt's existence. >> so if he fundamental he couldn't trust woodward, why continue the relationship over the years? >> well, it ended in '73. it didn't -- and felt was very upset. i mean, that's one of the things woodward is honest about was how upset felt was with "all the president's men." you know, he stopped talking to woodward. >> and in regards to today, we look at, you're looking at the current administration, is there a mark felt, is there still a chance that mark felt can ex
the fbi -- there was nothing in "the washington post" that the fbi didn't know. sometimes days, weeks, months before it appeared in the post. >> how premeditated do you believe mr. felt was in regards to his leaking? >> completely premeditated. and, in fact, one of the things i discover is that he leaked to a "time" magazine reporter more than he ever leaked to woodward. woodward, you have to remember, was a cub reporter, almost wet behind the ears. felt didn't...
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massacre is one example of jack bringing investigative reporting to the civil rights story also the fbi involvement killing, the meridian bombing, the attempted set up by the fbi that led to the rest of the klansman, murder in athens. tell me the impact of having that type of news coverage on the movement had on the national understanding of what was going on. >> we really understood the press s educational media media, educational tv. everything that had been going on that we were involved in had been going on 100 years. it was very hard to get out. this was 1963, i was reminded fred came to get martin luther king on the 17th of december to promise he would come to birmingham this year because on the 14th f-15 to fred's church was bombed for the third time in 1962. the bombings of homes receive no publicity. but fred was quite frank that he needed martin luther king to come to get any attention to this injustice. another good friend that was with us was a cameraman was quite blunt with me about it saying you have to cut me some slack because i've got to keep the camera on dr. king. if
massacre is one example of jack bringing investigative reporting to the civil rights story also the fbi involvement killing, the meridian bombing, the attempted set up by the fbi that led to the rest of the klansman, murder in athens. tell me the impact of having that type of news coverage on the movement had on the national understanding of what was going on. >> we really understood the press s educational media media, educational tv. everything that had been going on that we were...
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the other is the fbi involvement in the killing. the meridian -- i mean, the attempted -- this set up by the fbi that led to the arrest of tawny terence, the klansman, murder in athens. tell me, if you would come ambassador, the impact that having that kind of news coverage on the movement had pawned sort of the national understanding of what was going on. >> well, we really understood the press has educational media, educational tv. there was -- everything that had been going on that we were involved in had been going on for a hundred years. and it was very hard to get out. now, i was -- because this is 1963, i was reminded that fred shuttles word came to get martin luther king on the 17th of december to promise that he would come to birmingham this year. but that is because on the 14th or 15th fred's church had been bombed for the third time in 1962. there had been 60 bombings of homes that had received no publicity. and fred shuttles worth was quite frank that he needed martin luther king to come over there to get any attention t
the other is the fbi involvement in the killing. the meridian -- i mean, the attempted -- this set up by the fbi that led to the arrest of tawny terence, the klansman, murder in athens. tell me, if you would come ambassador, the impact that having that kind of news coverage on the movement had pawned sort of the national understanding of what was going on. >> well, we really understood the press has educational media, educational tv. there was -- everything that had been going on that we...
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and you say, well, i don't mind the police or the fbi. well, the department of agriculture has a s.w.a.t. team. the fish and wildlife have a s.w.a.t. team. in fact, the fish and wildlife raided gibson guitar with guns drawn, took all their computer equipment and their wood and then didn't let 'em know what they were accused of for a year. but then when they final aaccused them of something, it was breaking a foreign regulation. a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized in the u.s. for breaking in india. those are the kind of stories we write about. >> host: how come you haven't heard about that before? >> guest: some of them you have heard. one of them's the case of john and judy selling bunnies in a little town in missouri. they were fined $90,000 for having the wrong permit. the government said, hey, you can pay on our web site $90,000, but if you don't pay, in 30 days you'll owe us $3.1 million. this is the kind of stuff that your government's doing to bully people, and we frankly think it needs to stop. they're doing
and you say, well, i don't mind the police or the fbi. well, the department of agriculture has a s.w.a.t. team. the fish and wildlife have a s.w.a.t. team. in fact, the fish and wildlife raided gibson guitar with guns drawn, took all their computer equipment and their wood and then didn't let 'em know what they were accused of for a year. but then when they final aaccused them of something, it was breaking a foreign regulation. a law in india they were accused of breaking and penalized in the...
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so in alaska last year the fbi gave covenant house its community partner award for the work that we're doing to identify victims of sex trafficking and to work on the prosecution of those who traffic kids. in pennsylvania several weeks ago, um, covenant house in philadelphia led a coalition that successfully championed new safe harbor legislation that helps victims of sex trafficking. and that would be true throughout the united states, and, of course, in latin america where covenant house works in mexico, nicaragua, guatemala and in honduras, we work very directly including we co-prosecute some of those cases against the gangs and cartels who are trafficking kids who are as young as 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old. the work that we do to help victims recover depends on where that victim is in terms of their exploitation, their suffering. but it almost always involves, um, psychiatric counseling, helping young people begin to deal with rape and exploitation and then help them build a plan forward that's not very different that the work that we were doig, you know, 30 years ago when kids -- we
so in alaska last year the fbi gave covenant house its community partner award for the work that we're doing to identify victims of sex trafficking and to work on the prosecution of those who traffic kids. in pennsylvania several weeks ago, um, covenant house in philadelphia led a coalition that successfully championed new safe harbor legislation that helps victims of sex trafficking. and that would be true throughout the united states, and, of course, in latin america where covenant house...
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and i told him, i said, "look, i will sign for you a release from the cia, fbi, nsc, whatever you want, but prove to me that i am a security risk," and he never came up with any document to substantiate what he had said. but i believe to a great extent that he was led by other people who i was critical of because of the poor equipment that was being used in the resupply operation and, god knows, all the things that they were telling him at the time. c-span: you wrote, "one is that north had grandiose ideas about himself." what did you mean? >> guest: well, i was one time, for example, sitting in his office, and he received a phone call from somebody and he said in the telephone, "i have in front of me my chief of operation in central america," and it was at the time that i just started the work with him and there was no such an organization as a chief of operations in central america for him. i was just helping him implement the help of the nicaraguan resistance, which i strongly supported. c-span: "he also had the habit of telling people that i had been recruited by him, indeed he wou
and i told him, i said, "look, i will sign for you a release from the cia, fbi, nsc, whatever you want, but prove to me that i am a security risk," and he never came up with any document to substantiate what he had said. but i believe to a great extent that he was led by other people who i was critical of because of the poor equipment that was being used in the resupply operation and, god knows, all the things that they were telling him at the time. c-span: you wrote, "one is...